HATCHING PLANS Need your help in deciding upon a hatchback that my company is buying for me. Here are the facts of the case: The car will be bought in MumbaI. The budget is Rs 3.75 lakh

Palio-lithic

Business Standard

Deserted roads and powerful motorcycles were made for each other, and whenever both come together, a great time is almost guaranteed. 


Blast from the fast

This is the first official photo of the fifth re-incarnation of the venerable Volkswagen Jetta. The car is set to make its first public appearance at the Auto Show in Los Angeles, come January 2005.

Jetta set

I own a 2000 Matiz SD which has not given me any trouble for 20,000-odd km. I have been getting it serviced at the erstwhile Daewoo dealer in Jamshedpur. Of late, the exhaust has become noisy and

The exhaustist

Will replacing the tyres of my Hyundai Getz GLS with tubeless tyres help improve ride? Will it affect fuel efficiency? What brands and sizes will be suitable? If tubeless tyres get punctured, do

TEST TUBELESS

Dog`s day out

I recently picked up a second-hand 1.3 version of the old Honda City, it was a great bargain and I couldn't resist it. But I would like to make it look better and also improve its performance.

CITY, SLICKER

BACK TO DRIVING I have a four-year old Daewoo Matiz and a five-year old Honda City. I want to upgrade to a D-segment car. I travel about 1,500 km a month. Both my wife and I love driving

Doctor`s Special

Given that Kinetic is the only manufacturer brave enough to be looking at the larger displacement multi-cylinder fun-machines, this award would probably seem to be automatic. But it isn't. 


Hail the Comet

With the Men in Blues struggling against the men in Baggy Greens, there is a different kind of a strategy that marketing managers have begun adopting. 


Selling the players

At present I own a Maruti 800. I am planning to buy a car in the Rs 6.5 lakh category, and want to decide between the Hyundai Accent and Ford Ikon 1.6. The Ford Fusion sounds interesting, should I

Wait & watch

The Gurgaon-based Management Development Institute held a Diwali mela at the campus recently. The one-day event drew more than 8,000 visitors. It was sponsored by the Aditya Birla Group, Punjab

Diwali mela at MDI

My Safari's battery leaked due to the alternator's blade puncturing its plastic casing. It's been a couple of months since this happened and only recently did I notice that the metal parts right

Rust, no peace

I have decided to buy a Tata Indigo DLS. Do you suggest that I opt for any particular brand of tyres or any other such accessory or equipment for the car? Is there anything else I need to consider

Bar none

I'm planning to buy a car, my budget is Rs 5 to 6 lakh. I've shortlisted the Hyundai Getz GLS and the Baleno LXi (this will stretch my budget, but I prefer not to go any higher). I drive around

Stretch marks

After having read your pieces on Senior Citizens Scheme (SCSS), I have certain queries and shall be grateful if you could let me know the answers for the following: 
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A N Shanbhag: Q & A corner

In his fourth novel, Nadeem Aslam appears to be at the height of his powers, his prose as molten, clear and beautiful as just-blown glass. â€œWounds are said to emit light under certain conditions â€” touch them and the brightness will stay on the hands,â€ he writes, and that image lingers through this story of darkness and love in Afghanistan post 9/11. In a time when Afghanistan is often written about from the point of view of the soldier whoâ€™s survived his tour of duty, the outsider visiting Kabul for a brief and intense moment, or stock stereotypes, Aslam cuts to the heart of writing about any kind of place trapped in any kind of war â€” people remain human and individual in his universe.

Picks of February

Was evaluating buying a car and had shortlisted down to Maruti Baleno LXi and Honda City EXi. Finally decided to plump for the City despite the higher tag because of better fuel economy (the car

Con-Fusion

I have a Kinetic GF170 Laser. I wish to pep up its performance. I was thinking of replacing the stock air filter with a K&amp;N performance air filter, which is said to improve power output by 8 to

Air transplant

After seven years of carefree biking, I am forced to become a cager at my family's insistence. Though I pride myself in being quite knowledgeable about cars and the mechanical stuff (I read your

Wait watcher

We purchased a Corolla a while ago and I found that its wheel alignment was out. At the dealer's workshop, I was told that the alignment is all right, but the steering wheel was not centrally

Wheeler dealer

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